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fmall a compafs as poflible, but alfo, that 

 the fum of money they throw into farm- 

 ing be fo employed, that a large extent of 

 ground is not neceiFary to it. Virgil's fen- 

 timent is totally applicable to the farm of 

 a gentleman: 



Laudato mgent'ia ruray 



Exi^iinm colito. 

 Small tradts of land are immediately ua- 

 der the eye of the cultivator; whatever 

 men are employed, they are in one fpot, 

 and that very near the refidence of the 

 gentleman, who has only a little walk to 

 the extremity of his farm. Such an one 

 is much eafier managed than larger farms, 

 which require long walks or rides, and 

 efpecially to gentlemen : For thefe reafons, 

 a culture that requires a great deal of mo- 

 ney on a fmall quantity of land, is pecu- 

 liarly fitted for gentlemen ; and this is in 

 none fo ftrongly the cafe, as in that of 

 cabbages and lucerne, fo proportioned that 

 the firft may juft maintain the cattle in 

 winter, as the lucerne will do in fummer ; 

 by which means the whole farm is reduced, 

 as it were, to one point, and the bufinefs 

 rendered as fimple as poffible. 



Such 



